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The Contours of the Land in Israel's History
The Land of Palestine
The land of Palestine took its name from the Philistines (the Pelishtim in Hebrew) who settled along the Mediterranean coast from Joppa to Gaza about 1300–12...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 28, 2014
Michael Bird Discusses Bart Ehrman’s New Book in BibleGateway Interview
One of the contributers to How God Became Jesus is theology profess...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 22, 2014
Michael Bird on the Continuing Triumph of the “Mediating” Perspective on Paul
In a recent issue of JETS 56.4 (2013), Jack...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 15, 2014
New Research on The Bible in American Life
When Americans reach for their Bibles, more than half of them pick up a King James Version (KJV)...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 8, 2014
Searching for Sodom: Is It Time to Rewrite Old Testament Chronologies?
Sodom, the infamous Old Testament city destroyed in a hail of ...
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Extracurricular Activities — March 1, 2014
Man or God? Bart Ehrman and Michael Bird et al Debate the Divinity of Jesus
At the center of the Christian faith stands a perplexing event-...
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Extracurricular Activities — February 22, 2014
Note: Right now there is a sale on the Counterpoints series. Every Counterpoints eBook (including the latest titles such as Four Views on th...
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Extracurricular Activities — February 8, 2014
Albert Mohler on the Ham/Nye Creation-Evolution Debate: A Clash of Worldviews
The central question of the debate was this: “Is creation a v...
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Extracurricular Activities — February 1, 2014
PHOTOS: Ancient Church Mosaic With Symbol Of Jesus Found In Israel
Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered intricate mosaics on the floor o...
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Extracurricular Activities — January 25, 2014
Sam Storms on "Why I Am a Continuationist"
[B]eginning with Pentecost and continuing throughout the book of Acts, whenever the Sp...
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Extracurricular Activities — January 18, 2014
Tim Challies on "The History of Christianity in 25 Objects: Olney Hymns"
The Houghton Library at Harvard University holds a vast ...
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Extracurricular Activities — January 11, 2014
Biblical Archaeology's Top Ten Discoveries of 2013
Biblical Archaeology discoveries made in 2013 have given us new information about bi...
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Extracurricular Activities — January 4, 2014
Tommy Wasserman (Evangelical Textual Criticism) Pays Tribute to Swedish Exegete Birger Gerhardsson (1926-2013)
During the holidays, on 25 D...
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Extracurricular Activities — December 28, 2013
Collin Hansen's Top 10 Theology Stories for 2013
The only thing I know about your reaction to this list of top 10 theology stories is t...
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Extracurricular Activities — December 21, 2013
Michael Bird Says Keep the Spirit of St. Nicholas this Christmas, Slap Down a Heretic
I’m sure you’re all familiar with Santa Clause,...
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Extracurricular Activities — December 14, 2013
Tim Challies on The People's Pope, The (TIME) Man of The Year
The world reacted with shock when, on March 13, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was...
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Extracurricular Activities — December 7, 2013
Larry Hurtado on the “Jesus’ Wife” Fragment
A few weeks ago I asked here what further news there was about the so-called “Jesus’ wife” frag...
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